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Cassandra Wilson (born December 4, 1955) is an American jazz singer, songwriter, and producer from Jackson, Mississippi. [1] She is one of the most successful female jazz singers and has been described by critic Gary Giddins [2] as "a singer blessed with an unmistakable timbre and attack [who has] expanded the playing field" by incorporating blues, country, and folk music into her work.
Moonglow is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She was a member of a team of superheroes, Squadron Supreme . The Supreme Squadron members exist in numerous alternate universes, but their main and original timeline is Earth-712 .
The album is an homage to legendary jazz vocalist Billie Holiday to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the singer's birth. The album includes 11 cover versions of famous jazz standards associated with Holiday and an original composition written by Cassandra Wilson—"Last Song (For Lester)"—imagined to be a heartbreaking final message from Holiday to her musical love, Lester Young. [2]
Jeff Simon of The Buffalo News stated, "Bless her, Cassandra Wilson has always done this. Even when she was the Queen of Brooklyn's thorny M-Base jazz radicals a couple decades ago -- and not yet the greatest living jazz singer as she is now -- her discs would have one or two pop hits on them, interpreted in the most inimitable way...
New Moon Daughter is a studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson that was released by Blue Note in 1995. The album reached No. 1 on the Billboard magazine jazz album chart and also won the Grammy Award as the Best Jazz Vocal Performance.
Blue Light 'til Dawn is a studio album by American jazz singer Cassandra Wilson.Her first album on the Blue Note label, it was released in 1993. It contains Wilson's interpretations of songs by various blues and rock artists, as well as three original compositions.
Live is a jazz album by American singer Cassandra Wilson, released in 1991. [5] Reception
Cassandra Wilson – vocals, acoustic guitar; Terri Lyne Carrington – drums; Mark Johnson – drums; Kevin Bruce Harris – bass; Lonnie Plaxico – bass; Reggie Washington – bass; Mulgrew Miller – piano; James Weidman – piano; Rod Williams – piano; Jean-Paul Bourelly – guitar; Grachan Moncur III – trombone; Production notes. Jean ...